The health benefits of spas have been hypothesized for centuries. If this hypothesis is correct, spa therapy offers a … significant reduction in both absenteeism and hospitalization, though it is not clear if these health benefits justify the cost of …

The reliability of general self-rated health status is examined using the reform of the public health insurance system … causal impact of the program on self-assessed health and hence reveals the sensitivity of this subjective measure to a … perturbation in the insurance system. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the results indicate that after the policy …

The reliability of general self-rated health status is examined using the reform of the public health insurance system … causal impact of the program on self-assessed health and hence reveals the sensitivity of this subjective measure to a … perturbation in the insurance system. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the results indicate that after the policy …

The reliability of general self-rated health status is examined using the reform of the public health insurance system … examined using the reform of the public health insurance system of Germany in 2004 as a source of exogenous variation. Among … causal impact of the program on self-assessed health and hence reveals the sensitivity of this subjective measure to a …

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover … whether these superior features of private insurance actually transfer into better health. I focus on German adolescents who … of euros could be saved by aligning private and public health insurance …

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover … whether these superior features of private insurance actually transfer into better health. I focus on German adolescents who … of euros could be saved by aligning private and public health insurance. …

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover … whether these superior features of private insurance actually transfer into better health. I focus on German adolescents who … of euros could be saved by aligning private and public health insurance. …

benefit list of social health insurance. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted in Germany to measure preferences … contributions to health insurance. As one would expect, non-affected non-diabetics and insulin-naive diabetics exhibit higher …-benefit point of view. -- Health insurance ; discrete-choice experiment ; preferences ; diabetes …

effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated … were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent … health spa stays did not significantly reduce demand. …